An Experience in Identification Testimony

Gender and the experience of mental health expert witness testimony.

Mental health expert witness testimony involves complex tasks, and the capacity to perform under pressure is a fundamental skill of a forensic professional. In this context, it is important to understand the nuances of the provision of expert witness testimony. There have been several efforts to examine gender bias across legal and medical systems. Despite these reviews, little is known about h...

Limitations of Expert Psychology Testimony on Eyewitness Identification

Trust in Testimony

Introduction Evolutionary biologists have emphasized the deceptive ploys that are likely to emerge in animal signaling systems (Dawkins & Krebs, 1978). In the context of human testimony, the risks of being misled are, if anything, even more pervasive: the testifier could be making an honest mistake, telling a deliberate lie, or presenting speculation as fact. In principle, children might deal w...

Psychiatric Testimony in "Cult"

Changes in political or religious beliefs among POWs and hostages have often been attributed to "brainwashing" or "coercive persuasion." The cases reported have usually involved people held involuntarily. Since the publication of DSM-Ill, the authors have noted frequent usage of the term "atypical dissociative disorder" in civil lawsuits by plaintiffs seeking damages from groups or cults they j...

development and implementation of an optimized control strategy for induction machine in an electric vehicle

in the area of automotive engineering there is a tendency to more electrification of power train. in this work control of an induction machine for the application of electric vehicle is investigated. through the changing operating point of the machine, adapting the rotor magnetization current seems to be useful to increase the machines efficiency. in the literature there are many approaches wh...